Improvement in churns



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No. 54,092. Patented April 24, 1866 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS K. BAILEY, OF LOGKPORT, NEW YORK.

\ IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,092, dated April 24,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS K. BAILEY, of Lockport, in the county ofNiagara and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedOhurn-Dasher; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which---Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved churn-dasher,taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 2, showing it in connection with achurn. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section of the same, taken throughthe line 3 y, Fig.1.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved ohurn-dasher, bymeans of which the operation of churning may be facilitated, the butterbeing produced in less time and in greater quantity than whentheordinary dasher is used; and itconsists of a dasher constructed andarranged as hereinafter more fully de scribed. I

A is the platform, bench, or floor upon which the churn stands. Thechurn B may be of any desired capacity, and should be of the samediameter at top and bottom.

O is the dasher-handle, to the lower end of which is attached thevalve-head D. lhis valve-head is solid and is immovably attached to theend of the handle 0, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the handle 0, a short distance above the valve-head, is attached across-bar, E, to the ends of which is attached a ring, F, of such a sizeas to play freely within the churn B, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

G is a ring firmly attached to the lower ends of the vertical arms H, bywhich arms it is suspended from the ring F in such a position that whenthe dasher is rising there may be a space between the bottom of thevalve-head D and the top of the ring G, to allow the cream to flowfreely through the said ring into the lower part of the churn, as shownin Fig. 1.

The arms H play freely in the ring F, and are kept from dropping out ofsaid ring by keys passing through the upper ends of said arms, or by anyother convenient means.

When the dasher descends the ring G is pushed down by the valve-head D.This closes the opening through the said ring G, and the cream is forcedup between the outer edge of the ring G and the sides of the churn,striking the upper ring F with such force as to effectually break up theglobules and cause the butter to be very quickly formed.

The dasher may be operated by a lever or break, I, pivoted to the upperend of the dasher-handle 0. One end of the lever I is pivoted to avertical standard, J, which standard is also pivoted at its lower end tothe floor or platform A, upon which the churn stands. This allowssutfioient play to the standard J, so that the handle 0 may ascend anddescend vertically without binding.

K is the cover of the churn, which is made in the usual form andattached to the churn in the usual manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved churn-dasher constructed and arranged substantially asherein described, and for the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed'by me this 20th day ofJanuary, 1866.

THOMAS K. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

G. W. HILDRETH, JOSEPH CLARK.

